WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC: Ratings, Survey Results, and Analysis
CMS Five Star Rating (5 out of 5): , Patient Recommendation: 77%
1039 44TH AVE N, STE 101 MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577
843-712-7095
Data date: Jan 17, 2024
The Most Important Data about WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
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The overall 5-star Rating for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC is 5 out of possible 5 stars (with 1 being the lowest and 5 the highest rating). The average rating nationally for a home health care agency is 3. The agency is highly recommended by 76% of its customers. This is LOWER than the national average. The percentage of patients who gave WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC a rating of 9 or 10 was 77%. This is LOWER than the national average. The agency has been participating in Medicare since 04/08/2019. The agency costs LESS than the average agency nationally. The agency serves 30 ZIP codes.
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The home health care database is based on data provided by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is updated as new data is made available.
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General Information on WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
Data as of Jan 17, 2024
Address:
1039 44TH AVE N, STE 101
MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577
Medicare Provider Number: 427138
Participating in Medicare Since: April 08, 2019
Ownership Type: PROPRIETARY
Cost compared to national average: 97%
DTC Performance for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
The DTC-PAC measures assess successful discharge to the community from a PAC setting, with successful discharge to the community including no unplanned rehospitalizations and no death in the 31 days following discharge. Specifically, these measures report a provider’s riskstandardized rate of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) patients/residents who are discharged to the community following a PAC stay, and do not have an unplanned readmission to an acute care hospital or LTCH in the 31 days following discharge to community, and who remain alive during the 31 days following discharge to community. Community, for this measure, is defined as home or self care, with or without home health services, based on Patient Discharge Status Codes 01, 06, 81, and 86 on the Medicare FFS claim. A statistical approach is used to calculate confidence intervals for the provider’s DTC rate. These confidence intervals are then compared to the national observed DTC rate to assign providers to performance categories for public reporting. The performance categories are (i) better than the national rate, (ii) no different from the national rate, and (iii) worse than the national rate.
DTC performance is Better Than National Rate for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC.
Home Health Care Services
WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC offers 6 of 6 services tracked by CMS. A list showing the services offered and not offered is shown below.
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Ratings for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has developed a detailed methodology for rating home health care agencies. The scores shown below are based on the The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS®) Home Health Care Survey.
Rating Type | Rating |
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5-Star Quality Rating | 5: |
HHCAHPS Survey Summary Star Rating | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 3: |
Star Rating For Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 2: |
Star Rating Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety | 3: |
Star Rating For How Patients Rated Overall Care From Agency | 2: |
Service Area Covered by WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC provides home health care services in these zip codes.
27820 28467 29440 29510 29511 29519 29526 29527 29544 29545 29546 29556 29566 29568 29569 29571 29572 29574 29575 29576 29577 29579 29581 29582 29585 29587 29588 29592 29597 29598
Performance Measures for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
All of the measures included in HHC are proportions that show what percentage of patients or episodes experienced the process or outcome being measured. For all measures, except acute care hospitalization, a higher measure value means a better score.
Process of care measures tell you how often an agency gave the recommended care (like checking patients for depression when they start getting care). A score of 88% for a process of care measure is interpreted as 88% of the patients received the recommended care during their episode of care.
Question | Percentage |
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How Often Physician-recommended Actions To Address Medication Issues Were Completely Timely | 85.8% |
How Often The Home Health Team Determined Whether Patients Received A Flu Shot For The Current Flu Season | 78.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Walking Or Moving Around | 95.3% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Getting In And Out Of Bed | 96.5% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Bathing | 96.6% |
How Often Patients' Breathing Improved | 94% |
How Often Patients Got Better At Taking Their Drugs Correctly By Mouth | 97% |
How Often Home Health Patients Had To Be Admitted To The Hospital | 13.1% |
How Often Patients Receiving Home Health Care Needed Urgent, Unplanned Care In The ER Without Being Admitted | 13.6% |
Patient Survey Responses for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
Below is information compiled by CMS on the percentage of patients who respond to specific treatments and a comparison of the results for WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC to the national results for similar facilities.
Question | Percentage / Compared to National |
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Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Gave Care In A Professional Way | 86% (Nat: 88%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Communicated Well With Them | 81% (Nat: 86%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported That Their Home Health Team Discussed Medicines, Pain, And Home Safety With Them | 80% (Nat: 82%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Gave Their Home Health Agency A Rating Of 9 Or 10 On A Scale From 0 (lowest) To 10 (highest) | 77% (Nat: 85%) Lower |
Percent Of Patients Who Reported YES, They Would Definitely Recommend The Home Health Agency To Friends And Family | 76% (Nat: 78%) Lower |
Medical Professionals Associated with WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC
These are the doctors who are affiliated with WELL CARE HOME HEALTH OF THE LOWCOUNTRY INC.
- MARC COMIANOS ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- JASON HARRAH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- SAINT JULIEN SPRINGS ( FAMILY PRACTICE - WACCAMAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL )
- CRYSTAL KOLLING ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- DAN MUNTEAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- WILLIAM GAMMON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- BRIAN WRIGHT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- SHANNON TIEBOUT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- PANSY COOPER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- BRIAN FORBUS ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - ATLANTIC COAST PAIN SPECIALISTS INC )
- ERKAN ALCI ( ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY - ORTHOSC LLC )
- VINH DOAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- BRIAN THACKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- ABBIE COOPER ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- ROGERS WALKER ( FAMILY PRACTICE )
- BRENDAN GRIESMER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- LINDSEY JERNIGAN ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- TING HAN ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STRAND PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS PA )
- VICTORIA MOSHOURES ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- WILLIAM PRENATT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - STRAND PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS PA )
- ADAM GEDNEY ( PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- MICHAEL SPERLING ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- JOEL WALDROP ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- NAISHAJ SHAH ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MYRTLE BEACH FAMILY MEDICINE PA )
- VICTORIA HUDSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - STRAND PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS PA )
- ALLIE WHITLEY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- CHAD HUBERTY ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- THOMAS RIVES ( GENERAL PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- JOSE ARMONIO ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHEAST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES LLC )
- DARRON MOLTER ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- LESLIE MCLAMB ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - LITTLE RIVER MEDICAL CENTER INC )
- SARAH O'NEILL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HEARTLAND HOSPICE SERVICES LLC )
- RAYMOND HOLT ( FAMILY PRACTICE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- GARY BARRETT ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - MCLEOD PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES II )
- CHRISTIAN WHITTINGTON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CONWAY HOSPITAL INC )
- VIRGINIA BELL ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC )
- JOSEPH VANDERGRIFF ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CAROLINA FOREST URGENT CARE LLC )
- STEPHEN GRUBB ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SC HOUSE CALLS INC )
- WILLIAM EPPERSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - GEORGETOWN PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC )
- JAMES VEST ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- DAVID JOHNSON ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - CONWAY HOSPITAL INC )
- BRIAN ADLER ( INTERNAL MEDICINE )
- MARY BLESZCZ-MARMORATO ( NURSE PRACTITIONER - HEALOGICS SPECIALTY PHYSICIANS OF SOUTH CAROLINA LLC )
- HEBER WATSON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - CONWAY HOSPITAL INC )
- MOHAMMAD EMRAN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- JOHN KARL ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )
- ELMA WHIDBY ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - LEGACY HEALTHCARE SERVICES INC )
- KAREN MCCUTCHEON ( FAMILY PRACTICE - PALMETTO PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS LLC )
- RUBINA WADUD ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - SOUTHEAST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES LLC )
- MARK GOBIN ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - COASTAL CAROLINA PRIMARY CARE LLC )
- JAMES TUREK ( FAMILY PRACTICE - SELECT PHYSICAL THERAPY HOLDINGS INC )